free-for-all

Example Sentences

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There has been a sense of opportunity in Paris after the Roland Garros men's draw quickly became a free-for-all.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

It helps to know “a guy”—or a banker—to avoid the StubHub free-for-all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“Is God Is” isn’t the kind of rollicking free-for-all that will have you cheering in the theater.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Yet any process of ramping up production won’t be as much of a free-for-all as it may have been in the past.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

They apply to the organization of entire countries: remember the perennial arguments about whether the best form of government is a benign dictatorship, a federal system, or an anarchical free-for-all.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond